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Ok, so where do I begin. Well my girlfriend is a photographer and she takes WONDERFUL photos. She gets regular business with clients, and she enjoys what she is doing. But just recently, she has been "copied" and mocked by this certain girl, starting just a couple of months ago. This girl has literally copied almost everything of what my girlfriend has been doing, from the things she says on facebook, the clothes she wears, the photos she takes, and even the places she goes. It first started with this girl going to a place where my girlfriend went: my girlfriend took photos of a certain garden, and then a few days later this girl does the same thing. After that, it has just escalated. This girl even took HER (my girlfriends) photo, and posted it as HERS. My girlfriend even went up to this girl in person and personally asked her to stop, in the nicest way possible. Still after that, this girl continues to mock and copy my girlfriend. Like I said, it has been going on for a couple of months, and it seems like every day my girlfriend gets upset because she finds out that this girl copied her... once again. It has gotten so bad that she doesn't even want to eat. I have told her every time that this girl is a waste of your time, and it's time to ignore her. Nope... she doesn't do it. She says she feels like this girl is taking over her "identity" and that she "needs" to check everything that she is doing, to make sure she isn't copying her. I told her she will never stop, and it's true. She will never stop copying her. Please somebody give me advice. I don't want to end my relationship just because of some stupid little girl.
My advice would be for your girlfriend to ask her to stop once more (assuming she's already asked just once) in the manner that she did before. Make sure she shows commitment to stopping this girl from copying her all the time. If that doesn't work, she has to be more firm with her. I'm not saying be mean to her. But start by asking not as nicely. Be firm and confident when confronting the girl. You have to make her know that you mean business. In the USA, there are grounds for stealing intellectual and creative property but that should be used as a last resort. Really, If she doesn't stop, tell her not to worry about it. If she sees that it's not bothering her, then maybe she'll lose some of the fun she's having and maybe she'll stop.
I think Allan's summed up what to do pretty well there.
All you can do is ask her again.
I don't think you can do much legally but maybe this girl will get bored and move on.
She may just be seeing your girlfriend as a figure to look up to. Try getting your girlfriend to ask her why she's copying her.
Stealing her photographs is art theft and you can report it. Even if it's just to the admins of the website she's posting them on, she can be banned from it if you want to go that far.
Try asking your girlfriend to put faint watermarks on the photographs she takes with her name on it so they can't be stolen?
As for being copied well, there are loads of girls who do this, you just need to keep asking her to stop until she gets the message, I think.
You have the choice of turning her in because that's theft and a form of stealing something. It shouldn't have even gone this far, she should have been reported. Just tell your girlfriend she needs to be more firm with her and show that she's not playing when it comes to it. This is really serious and somethings needs to be done about it quickly. Like I said and others have said, turn her in and try to be more firm with her so this can stop.
To clarify my thoughts a bit further, if you do live in the USA, then legal action is a possible route to take. You probably could win a case if you got it that far without settling. However, I would advise against this for the simple reason that it is not worth going to court over. What you gain will be equal to or, more likely, less than what you lose (due to the emotional toll, stress, legal fees, potential rewards, etc.). So you do have that option but I do advise strongly against that route.
I wouldn't talk to the girl again. She's already been asked once to stop. What makes you think she will stop if asked a second time? I'd go the legal route for photo theft since she's already been told to stop.
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